Transcript Predatory Mites - University of Florida

How to Purchase High Quality
Commercial Predators
Norm Leppla & Ken Johnson
University of Florida/IFAS
IPM Florida
ESA-SEB Annual Conference 2010
Quality Control for Predators
IOBC
International Organization
for Biological Control
to facilitate and advance
cost-effective rearing of
high quality insects and
other arthropods in
support of biological
control and integrated
pest management
http://www.amrqc.org
Workshops of the IOBC,
WGQC (AMRQC)
1982 Gainesville, Florida
1984 Wadenswil, Switzerland
1986 Guatemala City, Guatemala
1988 Vancouver, Canada
1991 Wageningen, Netherlands
1992 Horsholm, Denmark
1993 Rimini, Italy
1995 Santa Barbara, California
1998 Cali, Colombia
2003 Montpellier, France
2007 Montreal, Canada
2010 Vienna, Austria
E. F. Boller and D. L. Chambers
E. F. Boller and D. L. Chambers
C. 0. Calkins
C. 0. Calkins
F. Bigler and J. C. van Lenteren
F. Bigler
M. Benuzzi and N. C. Leppla
R. F. Luck and N. C. Leppla
N. C. Leppla and T. R. Ashley
P. De Clercq, S. Grenier and
N. C. Leppla
S. Grenier and C. S. Glenister
P. De Clercq and T. A. Coudron
ANBP's Objectives
Members of ANBP are expected to
adhere to a code of ethics which
encourages the highest standards in
the production and marketing of
natural enemies.
 Strengthen the commercial natural enemy
industry.
 Promote research and education on the use of
natural enemies.
 Develop quality certification programs for
natural enemies.
ASTM International
ASTM International is a non-profit international organization
with the purpose of "the development of standards on
characteristics and performance of materials, products, systems
and services; and the promotion of related knowledge.
Subcommittee E35.30 on Natural Multi-Cellular
(Metazoan) Biological Control Organisms develops
standard definitions, classifications, appropriate
test methods, and recommended practices for
quality, handling, distribution and use of natural
multi-cellular biological control organisms.
(E35 Pesticides and Alternate Controls)
Specifications- Requirements for
a product or service
Standards- The level of quality at
which a specification is written
ASTM Specification for
Cryptolaemus montrouziere
This specification covers information on and the test method for
determining the purity, sex ratio, and number of adults in
shipments of the predatory beetle Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
(Order Coleoptera; Family Coccinellidae).
Because the efficacy of the biological control of mealybug by C.
montrouzieri depends on accurate release numbers, presence of
male and female species, and absence of live product
contaminants, accurate packaging and maintenance of purity and
viability of C. montrouzieri shipments is, therefore, essential for
the effective management of the target pests. This specification is
intended for use by producers and end-users of the specified
biological control agent.
GUIDELINES FOR PURCHASING AND
USING COMMERCIAL NATURAL
ENEMIES AND BIOPESTICIDES IN
FLORIDA AND OTHER STATES
N. C. Leppla and K. L. Johnson
 More than 47 biological control companies provide
nematodes, mites, insects, and bioinsecticides for
pest management in Florida and the Southeast.
 Predators are sold by 26 companies, 10 supply mites
and 16 supply insects.
 These companies list 12 mite species and 19 insects.
COMMERCIAL PREDATORY
MITES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Laelapidae
Hypoaspis aculeifer
Hypoaspis miles
Phytoseiidae
Amblyseius (Neoseiulus)
californicus
Amblyseius cucumeris
Amblyseius (Neoseiulus)
degenerans
*Plus predatory
mites on leaves
6.
7.
8.
9.
Amblyseius fallacis
Amblyseius swirskii
Galendromus helveolus
Galendromus
occidentalis
10. Mesoseiulus
(Phytoseiulus) longipes
11. Phytoseiulus macropilis
12. Phytoseiulus persimilis
COMMERCIAL PREDATORY
INSECTS
HEMIPTERA
Anthocoridae
1. Orius insidiosus
2. Orius laevigatus
3. Orius spp.
Pentatomidae
4. Podisus
maculiventris
THYSANOPTERA
Thripidae
5. Scolothrips
sexmaculatus
COMMERCIAL PREDATORY
INSECTS
NEUROPTERA
Chrysopidae
6. Chrysoperla carnea
7. Chrysoperla rufilabris
8. Chrysoperla spp.
COMMERCIAL PREDATORY
INSECTS
COLEOPTERA
Coccinellidae
9. Adalia bipunctata
10. Cryptolaemus
montrouzieri
11. Cybocephalus
nipponicus
12. Delphastus catalinae
13. Hippodamia
convergens
14. Rhyzobius (Lindorus)
lophanthae
15. Stethorus punctillum
COMMERCIAL PREDATORY
INSECTS
Histeridae
16. Carcinops pumilio
Staphylinidae
17. Atheta coriaria
DIPTERA
Cecidomyiidae
18. Aphidoletes
aphidimyza
19. Feltiella acarisuga
Customer Service
Many of these companies provide detailed
information on how to use their products.
The best companies deliver excellent
customer service for site-specific biological
control.
The marketplace ultimately determines the
value of using commercial natural enemies.
Natural Enemy Quality
Control References
van Lenteren, J. C. (ed.). 2003. Quality Control
and Production of Biological Control Agents,
Theory and Testing Proc. CABI Publishing. 327
p. (Leppla, N. C. Guidelines for quality control
of commercially produced natural enemies).
Schneider, J. C. (ed.). 2009. Principles and
Procedures for Rearing Quality Insects.
Mississippi State University. 352 p. (Leppla, N.
C. The basics of quality control for insect
rearing).
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